We anticipate a level of demand for places at the Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaker event on Friday 9th March which will exceed the available capacity of the Union building. 

To ensure that all members have an equal chance of getting in, to minimize queueing times and to avoid having to turn members away, we will be issuing tickets to members through a randomized online ballot. 

Members wishing to attend must login with their member account and submit an online application for a ticket between 8pm on Monday 5th March and 12am on Wednesday 7th March. The application page is here, and is available only to authenticated Union members.

When applications close, randomly selected applicants will be assigned tickets. If your application is selected for a ticket, we will send you an email on Thursday 8th March notifying you that you have a reserved place either in the debating chamber or in one of our overflow rooms.

Please note that only users with an active Union membership associated with their account will be able to enter the ballot, so make sure you login with the correct details. Your username is either the username you chose when you joined the society, or the email address where we send weekly emails. 

If you have forgotten your password, you can request a new one automatically. If you have any problems logging in, please email your name and college and description of the problem to Sam Haskell, development@cus.org. 

Each member is entitled to apply for a single ticket. Only members with tickets will be allowed entry. Membership cards will be required in addition to the ticket on entry.

The Denims are taking over the Union. Join the revolution. Bring hairspray.

With a full drag cabaret band, Glamrou and his Denim kings and queens are ready to take you to the promised land, where we know only freedom.

Come and celebrate the first year anniversary of DENIM with us - it has just got bigger and better. We have a spectacular range of performers, dancers, topless waiters, make-up artists, DJ's and activities for your unadulterated pleasure. Swap your gender, and come Vogue with us. There's nothing to it. 16.03.12. The Union. 20:00 - late. £7.

Buy your tickets online

Advance tickets for Denim have sold out! A limited number will be available on the door, priced £8 for members and £9 for non-members.

Some tickets will be available on the door, priced at £7 for members and £8 for non-members.

General Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan, delivered a talk entitled 'Pakistan: Domestic and External Dynamics' to the Union in Easter term last year. We've just received the video of the full talk, complete with audience questions and answers, which you can watch online here! 

Tune in to our latest video to see acting legend Dame Judi Dench at the Union, taking part in a rare question and answer session with our members. 

If you would like the opportunity to meet and question eminent speakers like Dame Judi Dench in person, join the Union today and enjoy a lifetime's access to our debates and speaker meetings.

No one throws a ball quite like the Union, so make sure you get a ticket for an evening of delicious food, champagne, cocktails, and the finest musical and comedic Cambridge talent in a stunning Venetian setting.

For the first time ever, join us to see the Union's chamber transformed into a beautiful dining room with a sensational three course meal from the Cambridge Dining Company. Only 100 exclusive dining spaces are available, and at only £25 for members and £30 for non-members for a dining upgrade, it's well worth it!

For the non-diners, food will remain exquisite and drink will be plentiful as the Union brings in 3 extra bars to minimise any queuing time! There'll be classic ball favourites such as a Casino room, jazz music and a silent disco, but the Union Spring Ball will also be offering you a boudoir room, with massages and pampering available, plenty of space to chill and chat in our luxurious 'Tea, Coffee and Cake' room, as well as an exciting headline act, soon to be announced.

With ALL drink and ALL food included in the price, there simply is no better way to beat the winter and Cambridge blues than by dressing up, donning a mysterious mask, and spending an evening of shameless indulgence and decadence; buy your ticket now!

Dress Code: black tie plus mask

Happy New Year to everyone, and welcome back to Cambridge for our student members!

This term we have planned a sensational line-up of debates, speakers and social events for you, with guest speakers including Dominique Strauss-Kahn, David Milliband, Katie Price, Zoë Wanamaker and Jerry Springer. To see what else we have on offer this term, check out our online termcard.

Watch Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen's lecture "Old Universities and New" in our latest free video. Hosted in our debating chamber, this talk was delivered by Professor Sen to members of the University's Graduate Union earlier this year.

A message from the Union's Alumni and Development Office to our friends and members everywhere.

Are there some things that the public is better off not knowing? Find out in our latest debate video, which features Julian Assange's media lawyer, a former director of GCHQ, the Investigations Editor at the Guardian, a former Information Commissioner and a Director of Information for the police.

Last week, the Cambridge Union Society held the Grand Final of its newly instituted Freshers' Cup. Over the previous three weeks, thirty teams of first year debaters battled it out to try to win the title. The quality of all debates was high, but our congratulations must go to Emily Fernandes and Freddy Powell who triumphed and won the whole competition.